Red hair dyes, are any not orange based!!

[DBobbins]

Hey there,

I am doing a bit of training in hairdressing over the next year and i am wondering before i start as i cant get it out of my head and i cant wait until May to ask a tutor.

Why are so many red hair dyes orange based and are there any that arent orange based?

Ta
Tracy

 

[BBH Salon]

Hey there,

I am doing a bit of training in hairdressing over the next year and i am wondering before i start as i cant get it out of my head and i cant wait until May to ask a tutor.

Why are so many red hair dyes orange based and are there any that arent orange based?

Ta
Tracy

You have undertones in each and every colour. When you was in primary school you played with paint, and red is a primary colour, but to darken red you add green, and to lighten red you add orange, so there is your answer, for a lighter red it has a orange undertone, to darken red it has a green undertone

 

[BBH Salon]

Hey all, :green:

I was speaking to a friend a while ago about red hair dyes and she said alot are based orange.
I am training later in the year and just have a question before i start as its been in my head for ages and i cant wait until i go to do it. :irked:

Why are most hair dyes based orange an are there any that arent?

ta
Bobbins xxx

The reason is becuase some reds are darker than others. If you want dark red you add green to darken, if you want lighter red you add orange. A lot of people wanted bright red last year so most were a undetone of orange.

 

[Perry_Althair]

You have undertones in each and every colour. When you was in primary school you played with paint, and red is a primary colour, but to darken red you add green, and to lighten red you add orange, so there is your answer, for a lighter red it has a orange undertone, to darken red it has a green undertone

To neutralise red you add green, not to darken it?

 

[Tomme]

Let's start at neutral, call it 0 now this isn't the correct colour numbers, but works to explain this. Minus numbers are cool and plus numbers are warm. So at 0 we have -1 green, -2 dark green, -3 greny blue, -4 blue, - 5 blue violet, -5 violet
Then we have te warms, so +1 is yellow, +2 orangey yellow, +3 orange +4 redish orange, +5 red, +6 violet red, +7 violet, which is where as a circle it would meet violet again, which is why reds look good with orange and some with violet even though violet is classed as cool not warm.

But for more understanding you need to find a hairdressing colour wheel. To gettin any of the colours from 0 the numbers up to it are present, 0 has non of these colours xoxo

 

[tiatia22]

The reason is becuase some reds are darker than others. If you want dark red you add green to darken, if you want lighter red you add orange. A lot of people wanted bright red last year so most were a undetone of orange.

You causing trouble again,lol.
:hug:

 

[tiatia22]

Hey there,

I am doing a bit of training in hairdressing over the next year and i am wondering before i start as i cant get it out of my head and i cant wait until May to ask a tutor.

Why are so many red hair dyes orange based and are there any that arent orange based?

Ta
Tracy

Do you mean alot of reds have alot of copper in, then yes i agree my colour range /4 which is red ,looks copper on colour swatch and results in a red/copper shade. I like fudge for the reds they are a true red, no copper tones.:green:

 

[BBH Salon]

You causing trouble again,lol.
:hug:

I OFFICALLY CAN NOT MUTITASK! AT ALL! GRRRR WHAT A **** DAY IVE HAD! Sorry guys!

 

[tiatia22]

I OFFICALLY CAN NOT MUTITASK! AT ALL! GRRRR WHAT A **** DAY IVE HAD! Sorry guys!

Mutitask, ha ha .can you answer all questions please BBH. there far more interesting that way.Have you started your book yet???
:hug:

 

[BBH Salon]

Mutitask, ha ha .can you answer all questions please BBH. there far more interesting that way.Have you started your book yet???
:hug:

Haha you cheer me up: D I think I’ll start a book called ''how not to colour hair, step by step guides with visual aids like clouds and cyan colours''

I type so quick that my brain doesn’t even register what I’m thinking, again sorry guys! I’ll think before I respond in future!